BBC World News has really been getting a Kiwi feel to it lately. First there was a haka performed live on air this week, and now the announcement that a New Zealander has been appointed head of news at the network.Andrew Roy, 49, has been made head of news after 20 years at the network. He had previously been the deputy head of news
Roy, originally from Christchurch, studied journalism in Timaru and began his career at Radio New Zealand.
BBC World News reaches an estimated 76 million viewers worldwide.
Andrew Roy's appointment as head of news made the headlines in Britain for being accidentaly leaked by his boss on internet site Twitter. English tabloid The Sun ran the headline "Bumbling BBC Chief in Tweet Gaffe".
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